Dark Is Not Evil/Literature: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[The Edge Chronicles]]'', the Professors of Light and Darkness are not enemies, merely friendly rivals, and each is a harmless, basically likable character in his own way. In fact, the titles are actually designations of what they study; the Professor of Light studies the mysteries of illumination, and the Professor of Darkness studies the mysteries of light's absence.

** Less literally, the slaughterers. They're nocturnal, look like blood-red goblins, and have a sinister-sounding name. They're actually peaceful and relatively friendly, and they get their name because they slaughter in the true sense of the word -- killing and butchering animals. In fact, their work is ''why'' they're red from head to toe- apparently, the chemicals involved in their tanning and spicing (or possibly sympathetic magic; there's stranger things in the Edgewoods) permanently stains their skin and dyes their hair. Unfortunately, despite this, they're [[Fantastic Racism|undeservedly reviled]] because of their strange appearance and distasteful work. This is highlighted by the fact they are the most peaceful and welcoming of the races that Twig, protagonist of the first published novel, meets; he actually gives serious thought to staying there until the Gloamglozer tricks him into leaving, and later stories reveal he eventually returns to them and marries a slaughterer girl.

* In Steven Erikson's ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'', the Tiste Andii are the Children of Darkness, humanoids with black skin and darkness-themed powers. But they are no more evil than any other people in that world, and seem better than their cousins the [[Light Is Not Good|Tiste Liosan Children of Light]], who (judging by their few appearances so far) seem like bigoted [[Knight Templar|Knights Templar]].

** Oh, and by the way, the lord of the Tiste Andii is ultra-[[Badass]] [[Anti-Villain]] Anomander Rake (Knight of High House Dark, Son of Darkness, etc).